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fortune

/ˈfoɹt͡ʃən/noun2 syllables

Fortune means: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).

Synonyms for fortune23

noun, as in your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion

noun, as in an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

luck, chance, hazard

noun, as in an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

luck

also used for fortune

doom, destin, fatality, foredoom, foreordination, hap, adventure, accident, casualty, chance-medley, fortuity, felicity, fortuitousness, good cess, good fortune

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What does fortune mean?4

noun

1

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)“whatever my fortune may be”

2

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another“bad luck caused his downfall”

3

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome“it was my good luck to be there”

4

a large amount of wealth or prosperity

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fortune?1

three syllables

misfortune
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Fortune in a sentence

  • Unity, justice and freedom are the pledge of fortune.jerom
  • Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.shekitten
  • Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.Scott
  • I'd like to buy this computer, but it costs a fortune!Eldad
  • This computer is excellent, but it cost me a fortune.CK
  • Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.ApAdAnA
  • The guilty fear the law, the innocent fortune.mhenderson5
  • In his will, he left a fortune to his wife.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of fortune

as a noun

plural
fortunes